How to remove files from 2001 to 2002 3

[copperslim]

My filesystem is filling up.
How do I write a script that will remove all the files from 2001 to 2002.

I do not want to type rm $filename one at a time.
Thanx

 

[Salem]

A somewhat indirect answer is to use touch and find

touch -t 200101010000 oldest
touch -t 200212312359 newest

These set a pair of files which are at the limits of the required date range

find . \( -newer oldest -a \! -newer newest \)

This finds all the files between those two dates

Once you're happy with the command, you can make it delete the files with

find . \( -newer oldest -a \! -newer newest \) -exec rm {} \;

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